Tree visualization with tree-maps: 2-d space-filling approach
ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)
Usability inspection methods
Readings in information visualization: using vision to think
Readings in information visualization: using vision to think
Building Knowledge through Families of Experiments
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Experimentation in software engineering: an introduction
Experimentation in software engineering: an introduction
An empirical methodology for introducing software processes
Proceedings of the 8th European software engineering conference held jointly with 9th ACM SIGSOFT international symposium on Foundations of software engineering
Usability Engineering
Beyond Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction
Beyond Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction
Information Visualization and Visual Data Mining
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
Tree-Maps: a space-filling approach to the visualization of hierarchical information structures
VIS '91 Proceedings of the 2nd conference on Visualization '91
Knowledge-Sharing Issues in Experimental Software Engineering
Empirical Software Engineering
From visual data exploration to visual data mining: a survey
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
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Controlled experiments are a key approach to evaluate and evolve our understanding of software engineering technologies. However, defining and running a controlled experiment is a difficult and errorprone task. This paper argues that one can significantly reduce the risks associated with defining a new controlled experiment by running a set of well-planned observational pilot studies aimed at improving the experimental material. It gives the steps for such an approach and illustrates it with a case study that shows the definition of an experiment to evaluate inspection techniques for information visualization tools through a set of four observational studies and one experimental trial. Based on the lessons learned we present some guidelines on how to test and improve experimental material in such way.